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| Debbie in the recording studio |
AW What is your current release?
DI My latest release was Blind Date, published in August
2018. It is a comedy romance set in the
wonderful Yorkshire town of Halifax. It
follows thirty-year-old Jenny who is single and not ready to mingle. She is set up on some rather questionable
blind dates and put in unimaginable and awkward situations whilst drooling over
the hunky eye candy at work who she thinks is completely out of her league.
AW What first got you into writing and why?
DI Growing up, I loved reading. Every Saturday, my mum would take me
shopping and we’d end up in Waterstones or WHSmiths where I would always find a
new book I wanted. But the idea of writing my own book seemed like a pipe
dream. Only the Harry Potters and Frodo
Baggins got published. I had no idea
about being an Indie author. ‘What the
heck is an indie author???’ Well, I
found out in 2016 and a book I had held on to for 10 years was finally released
and then two books followed after including radio interviews and book festival
appearances. It is a dream come true to
type my name on Amazon and have three books that I wrote available to buy.
Sometimes it seems bonkers but if I am ever feeling down I have to remind
myself… I have written three books and that is quite an achievement!
AW You write fiction of a variety of genres. Is it all imagination or do you also
undertake research?
DI Its mostly imagination or based on personal
events. In particular, Blind Date
contains a few (horror) stories of my own!
I research when needed but my imagination can take me anywhere at times.
AW And what about other types of writing? Have you ever dabbled with short stories,
for instance, or other genres?
DI Two of my novels actually started as short
stories. My imagination then took over
and they advanced in to full on books.
All three of my books are different genres; ‘Abberton House’ is
paranormal, ‘The Runaway Girl’ is contemporary fiction and ‘Blind Date’ is
romantic comedy. I also have two
websites, one where I post short stories, poems and blogs, and my second one is
very new. I have decided to review all
the books I read from now on so my second site is where I publish those.
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| Debbie's writing companion! |
DI I wish I had a writing shed! Anywhere that I can sit in silence with no
distractions would be a dream! My
current writing location is at my computer in my bedroom however I have an
attention seeking cat that has claimed my desk chair… so there is always a
mission of firstly evicting her and then keeping her off my lap. Cats can be stubborn. But my husband is great when I need to get
some work done so the bedroom becomes my office. Books and paperwork seem to take over every surface and all kinds
of notes are stuck to the notice board.
AW Finally, if you had a whole afternoon to yourself and
could choose to spend it with any one individual, living or dead or a character
from a book, who would it be, and what would you want to discuss?
DI This is a tough question. I feel like I should pick someone famous but a few years ago I
did my family history. I spent about a
year and a lot of money researching and tracking down records. There are so many unanswered questions from
all sides of the family but I would love to meet my Great Great Grandmother,
Mary Ellen Horsfield. I would want to
know what happened in the 1890s to make her suddenly end up in London (she was
from Halifax), give birth out of wedlock to then marry someone a couple of
months later. Was she disowned by her
family? Did she run away? Did she elope? Who was the father of my Great Granddad? So many questions, I would need more than an
afternoon.
...about the book Thirty year old Jenny has
her own house, a good job, friends, a psycho cat and a Mother who is willing to
sell her off to the highest bidder. What more could she want from life? Oh yes,
a man. In particular, the handsome hunk she works with. The dangerously good
looking eye candy makes regular appearances to her office and she must do all
in her power not to combust in her seat when he says her name…Follow Jenny’s journey through the Yorkshire town of Halifax filled with disastrous dates and embarrassing sexual encounters in this romantic comedy of modern dating. Will she ever get what she’s looking for? Or is she destined to remain in singledom forever with her crazed cat?
...about the author I am a Bradford born girl with a huge passion for
writing. I cover all genres, I don’t really write to a specific audience. I
have written novels, short stories, blogs, poetry and book reviews. Basically,
if something comes to mind then I have to write about it.
I have just turned 30 and life is beginning to get very exciting. I am
starting a lot of different journeys which I am sure I will find time to write
about in one of my very random blogs. As well as writing when I can, I manage
to work part time and study part time towards a degree. Not forgetting my most
important (and favourite) job of all… raising my beautiful baby daughter.
Warning: This book contains details of embarrassingly awkward sexual encounters and is not for the cringe-hearted.
You can buy Debbie's books on Amazon
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